Contracts Finder notice
Print and / or Distribution of Inside Swale Magazine (A1160)
Authority: Swale Borough Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwale Borough Council is inviting Expressions of Interest to tender for Print and/or distribution of Inside Swale residents magazine. \r
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The contract will involve print and/or distribution of the Inside Swale residents magazine. \r
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The magazine is currently printed and distributed twice a year (January and July) and is distributed to all households in the borough of Swale (approximately 65,000 to be printed and distributed). \r
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The current spec of the mag is 297x210mm portrait, 24pp Self Cover on 65gsm UPM Cote gloss paper. We are however open to suggestions on sizing options for the magazine. \r
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Suppliers can bid for print only, distribution only or both print and distribution.\r
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The contract shall commence on 02 January 2025 and terminate on 01 January 2027. The council may extend the opportunity for a further 1 year. The bidder/s who submit/s the Most Economically Advantageous Quotation will be awarded the contract. \r
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Expressions of Interest and the Request for Quotation (RFQ) document must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal. The closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the RFQ is 21 October 2024 at 12:00 noon.\r
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The deadline for clarifications is 12:00 noon on 9 October 2024.\r
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer reference
- SWALE001-DN742016-03328306
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Published
- Procurement method
- Open
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 64100000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Post and courier services
- Additional classifications 2: Reference
- 79824000
- Additional classifications 2: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 2: Description
- Printing and distribution services
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- South East, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Notice published19 Sept 2024
- Award decision8 Nov 2024
- Contract starts2 Jan 2025
- Contract ends1 Jan 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Swale Borough CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Cliffe EnterpriseSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
- Smart Distribution Solutions LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-811ed71d-f06d-4c61-9240-5083e5103e4e-2024-11-08T15:04:24Z
- Published
- 19 Sept 2024
- Latest update
- 8 Nov 2024
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-811ed71d-f06d-4c61-9240-5083e5103e4e
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-811ed71d-f06d-4c61-9240-5083e5103e4e-1